there's a second reason the threat fails and that is the "other threat", the one that's supposed to be a reason for wallowing in worship to the sky fairy, the threat of an eternal afterlife. What sort of attractive proposition is that? Eternity, floating around without a body, doing nothing because there's nothing to do anything with and no TV. One year would be bad enough, but ETERNITY??? The "religious leaders" need to fabricate another lure, another reason for signing up. Perhaps food would work, or even free beer. Whatever, the current offering is just not good enough for the effort involved.